Concrete flooring



- July 13, 1965 K. J. GROVE CONCRETE FLOORING Filed March 20. 1961 cr MW a T wry 1 Wu J 6 Z n 0 m 0 K n Y B 3 1 9 1 r n v E a a. 3 What is claimed is: 1. Concrete flooring comprising aplurality of elongated horizontal parallel main support members, horizontal open-work metal lath-spaced below thesupport members, aplur-ality of parallel ribsintegnal' with and extending upwardly from the plane of the metal lath and, Y

disposed transversely of and bearing against the underside of the main support members, the ribs comprising downwardly opening channels, hangers supporting the metal lath fromthe main support members and maintaining the ribs in contact with the main support members, each hanger being a single piece of wire straddling a main support member and having a'hook at each end that extends downwardly through the openings of the metal j lath and hooks under an edge of a said rib and terminates 15 upwardly within the channel of the rib, each hanger having an upwardly extending loop above the associated main support member that is twisted to tighten the ribs against the main support members, and a quantity of con crete resting on the metal lath and surrounding the main 2 support members on all sides and surrounding the twisted I 4 s r loops, the gravel of'the concrete being larger than the openings of the metal lath.

I 2. Concrete flooring as claimed in claim 1, both books of a given hanger engaging under the same edge of a given rib.

3. Concrete flooring as claimed in claim 1, the ribs being imperforate.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 620,818 3/99 Woelfie et a1. 50-335 719,379 a 1/03 Schr'atwieser 50-282 1,395,071 10/21 Wentzell 50-316 "1,624,187 4/27 Schlafiy 50316 1,859,946' 5/32 Wilson 50316 2,285,165 6/42 Logeman 502'82 HENRY c. SUTHERLAND, Primary Examiner.

Examiners. 

1. CONCRETE FLOORING COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF ELONGATED HORIZONTAL PARALLEL MAIN SUPPORT MEMBERS, HORIZONTAL OPEN-WORK METAL LATH SPACED BELOW THE SUPPORT MEMBERS, A PLURALITY OF PARALLEL RIBS INTEGRAL WITH AND EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM THE PLANE OF THE METAL LATH AND DISPOSED TRANSVERSELY OF AND BEARING AGAINST THE UNDERSIDE OF THE MAIN SUPPORT MEMBERS, THE RIBS COMPRISING DOWNWARDLY OPENING CHANNELS, HANGERS SUPPORTING THE METAL LATH FROM THE MAIN SUPPORT MEMBERS AND MAINTAINING THE RIBS IN CONTACT WITH THE MAIN SUPPORT MEMBERS, EACH HANGER BEING A SINGLE PIECE OF WIRE STRADDLING A MAIN SUPPORT MEMBER AND HAVING A HOOK AT EACH END THAT EXTENDS DOWNWARDLY THROUGH THE OPENINGS OF THE METAL LATH AND HOOKS UNDER AN EDGE OF A SAID RIB AND TERMINATES UPWARDLY WITHIN THE CHANNEL OF THE RIB, EACH HANGER HAVING AN UPWARDLY EXTENDING LOOP ABOVE THE ASSOCIATED MAIN SUPPORT MEMBER THAT IS TWISTED TO TIGHTEN THE RIBS AGAINST THE MAIN SUPPORT MEMBERS, AND A QUANTITY OF CONCRETE RESTING ON THE METAL LATH AND SURROUNDING THE MAIN SUPPORT MEMBERS ON ALL SIDES AND SURROUNDING THE TWISTED LOOPS, THE GRAVEL OF THE CONCRETE BEING LARGER THAN THE OPENINGS OF THE METAL LATH. 